Taxotere Lawsuit Filed by Ohio Woman With Permanent Alopecia

April 18, 2016 — A lawsuit has been filed against Sanofi-Aventis by a woman from Ohio who used the chemotherapy drug Taxotere and experienced permanent hair loss (alopecia).

The lawsuit (PDF) was filed on January 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by plaintiff Hattie Carson (Case No. 1:16-cv-00165).

After Carson was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2004, she underwent surgery and chemotherapy treatments that included Taxotere. After completing treatment, she was diagnosed with permanent alopecia. According to the lawsuit:

“Defendants [preyed] on one of the most vulnerable groups of individuals at the most difficult time in their lives. … Although alopecia is a common side effect related to chemotherapy drugs, permanent alopecia is not.”

Lawyers say Sanofi-Aventis knew about the risk of permanent hair loss from Taxotere long before providing warnings in the United States. In the 1990s, the drug-maker sponsored a study called GEICAM 9805 in which alopecia occurred in 9.2% of women treated with Taxotere in conjunction with other chemotherapy drugs.

Permanent alopecia was added to labels in Europe in 2005 and Canada in 2012. It is not clear why it took until December 2015 for label updates to appear in the United States. Before the changes, the label reassured women that “hair generally grows back” after treatment ends.

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